October 2013 – Quotes on Slavery

Religious indoctrination and animal exploitation

I just became aware that the two most socially acceptable evils I perceive (religious indoctrination and animal exploitation) haven’t been receiving …

Being centered on the victims rather than on yourself

Abolitionist vegans promote veganism as the moral baseline to put an end to all animal use simply because it is wrong to use and kill any sentient …

If you consume dairy and consider yourself a feminist …

If you consume dairy and consider yourself a feminist, you need to explain to me how feminism can be consistent with forced and repeated …

And most importantly, nonhuman animal interests matter morally

Consuming animal products is not a given—it’s a decision that each of us makes. Most of the time we blindly accept it as if there were no moral …

Slavery cannot be made humane, but it can be ended

Slavery cannot be made humane, but it can be ended. Stand up for the rights of others, work towards the abolishment of slavery not the regulation of …

Peter Singer says you should just shut up and eat it

Peter Singer says that if you’re a vegan sitting with non-vegan friends in a restaurant and your food comes with cheese on it, you should just shut …

We stand here today united as vegans

We are not asking society to improve the welfare of all those animals confined or trapped in industrial animal factories, laboratories, circuses …

Why wouldn’t you do that?

If you can live your life in a healthy (perhaps more healthy) way and not participate in the suffering and death of others, why wouldn’t you do that?

SLAVERY: The only way to fix it is to end it

Back in the day, the abolitionists first ended the legality of the slave trade then the legality of slavery itself. Today, we abolitionists are …

I don’t buy it

We can talk about how we think racism, homophobia, rape, and child molestation are morally wrong all day long and most people will agree, but …